_James A. BARNES ____
| (1793 - 1872) m 1815
_Hiram B. BARNES ____|
| (1818 - 1899) m 1846|
| |_Elizabeth BARNETT __
| (1794 - 1854) m 1815
|
|--James A. BARNES
| (1852 - 1853)
| _William LOOMIS _____+
| | (1788 - 1850) m 1813
|_Hannah Bond LOOMIS _|
(1822 - 1910) m 1846|
|_Sylvia MORTON ______+
(1790 - 1864) m 1813
_____________________
|
_Henry Lewis BELZER ____|
| (1890 - 1963) m 1916 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Ralph Dean BELZER
| (1924 - 1984)
| _Unknown LINDGREN ___
| | (1880 - ....)
|_Esther Emelia SWANSON _|
(1899 - 1962) m 1916 |
|_Greta CARLSON ______+
(1880 - 1972)
_____________________
|
_William BRADEN _____|
| (1820 - 1906) m 1848|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--James Edward BRADEN
| (1865 - 1958)
| _Gustavus FISHER ____
| | m 1818
|_Abigail FISHER _____|
(1820 - ....) m 1848|
|_Abigail STANLEY ____+
(1798 - 1825) m 1818
_Thomas BUNCE ________
| (1612 - 1683) m 1632
_John BUNCE _________|
| (1650 - 1734) m 1681|
| |_Sarah BULL __________+
| (1612 - 1694) m 1632
|
|--John BUNCE
| (1683 - ....)
| _Bartholomew BARNARD _
| | m 1647
|_Mary BARNARD _______|
(1670 - 1763) m 1681|
|_Sara BURCHARD _______
m 1647
_Ithiel CARTER ______
|
_Ezra CARTER ________|
| (1790 - ....) m 1811|
| |_Lois DEMING ________
|
|
|--Ezra CARTER
| (1815 - 1815)
| _Lot STANLEY ________+
| | (1752 - 1807) m 1771
|_Mary STANLEY _______|
(1791 - 1846) m 1811|
|_Rhoda WADSWORTH ____+
(1754 - 1819) m 1771
_____________________
|
_Clifford F. CAVE ____|
| (1890 - ....) m 1919 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Camille May CAVE
| (1920 - ....)
| _William H. STANLEY _+
| | (1856 - 1939) m 1887
|_Mildred May STANLEY _|
(1897 - ....) m 1919 |
|_Jennie TUCKER ______
(1860 - 1911) m 1887
_Adam Simmons COE ___
| (1791 - ....)
_George Simmons COE _|
| (1817 - ....) m 1843|
| |_Ann PEASE __________
| (1795 - ....)
|
|--Edward Prime COE
| (1851 - ....)
| _Jesse STANLEY ______+
| | (1777 - 1827) m 1816
|_Almira STANLEY _____|
(1818 - 1884) m 1843|
|_Lucy WHITE _________+
(1785 - 1863) m 1816
_Timothy CORNWELL ___
|
_Stephen W. CORNWELL _|
| (1770 - ....) m 1795 |
| |_Mary WARNER ________
|
|
|--Ralph CORNWELL
| (1799 - 1827)
| _Gad STANLEY ________+
| | (1735 - 1815) m 1767
|_Abigail STANLEY _____|
(1774 - ....) m 1795 |
|_Mary JUDD __________+
(1748 - 1818) m 1767
_Charles Floyd DELAP _+
| (1887 - 1965) m 1909
_John Richard DELAP _|
| (1921 - 1986) m 1939|
| |_Atta G. GRIFFITH ____
| (1889 - 1941) m 1909
|
|--Bruce Charles DELAP
| (1949 - 1973)
| ______________________
| |
|_Gertrude BARBER ____|
(1921 - ....) m 1939|
|______________________
_Gilbert DENTON _____+
|
_Daniel DENTON ______|
| (1757 - 1826) m 1783|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Elizabeth DENTON
| (1795 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Marth BIDLACK ______|
(1764 - 1831) m 1783|
|_____________________
__
|
_Richard DENTON _____|
| (1586 - 1662) |
| |__
|
|
|--J. DENTON
|
| __
| |
|_____________________|
|
|__
_____________________
|
_Seth DICKINSON _____|
| (1759 - 1839) m 1782|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Oshea DICKINSON
| (1789 - 1794)
| _Gideon DICKINSON ___+
| | (1720 - 1799)
|_Naomi DICKINSON ____|
(1762 - 1833) m 1782|
|_Hannah EDWARDS _____
(1720 - ....)
__
|
_John HARMAN ________|
| (1474 - ....) |
| |__
|
|
|--Thomas HARMAN
| (1500 - ....)
| __
| |
|_____________________|
|
|__
_Stephen HART _______+
| (1662 - 1733) m 1689
_Timothy HART _______|
| (1705 - ....) m 1728|
| |_Sarah COWLES _______+
| (1668 - ....) m 1689
|
|--Abigail HART
| (1737 - ....)
| _Isaac COWLES _______+
| | (1675 - 1756) m 1709
|_Elizabeth COWLES ___|
(1705 - ....) m 1728|
|_Sarah ANDRUS _______+
(1680 - 1715) m 1709
_Samuel HART ________+
| (1738 - 1813) m 1757
_Asahel HART ________|
| (1754 - ....) m 1778|
| |_Rebecca NORTON _____+
| (1739 - 1769) m 1757
|
|--Asahel HART
| (1784 - ....)
| _Josiah KILBOURN ____+
| | (1730 - 1812) m 1754
|_Anna KILBOURN ______|
(1759 - 1803) m 1778|
|_Anna NEAL __________+
(1734 - 1812) m 1754
_Edward Robert HARTNETT _
| (1899 - 1980)
_Edward Robert HARTNETT Jr._|
| (1927 - 1987) |
| |_Una Ellen HUBBARD ______+
| (1904 - 1978)
|
|--Edward Robert HARTNETT III
|
| _________________________
| |
|_June MCCANN _______________|
|
|_________________________
_David Charles Hubbard HARTNETT _+
| (1933 - ....)
_Thomas HARTNETT ____|
| (1958 - ....) m 1984|
| |_Elizabeth PARRA ________________
| (1932 - ....)
|
|--Matthew HARTNETT
| (1992 - ....)
| _________________________________
| |
|_Patrice MARTAU _____|
m 1984 |
|_________________________________
__
|
_Janes Henry HARVEY _|
| (1853 - 1931) m 1879|
| |__
|
|
|--Lizzie Belle HARVEY
| (1895 - ....)
| __
| |
|_Priscilla Ann FISH _|
(1860 - 1929) m 1879|
|__
_Oliver HUBBARD _____+
| (1792 - 1878)
_Henry HUBBARD ______|
| |
| |_Elizabeth BECKWITH _
|
|
|--(son) HUBBARD
|
| _____________________
| |
|_Lucretia GATES _____|
|
|_____________________
__
|
_Herbert Nelson HUNTINGTON _|
| m 1838 |
| |__
|
|
|--Louisa Adelaide HUNTINGTON
| (1839 - 1924)
| __
| |
|_Amanda Melvina STEEL ______|
m 1838 |
|__
______________________
|
_Paul Albert KLOOSTER _|
| (1954 - ....) m 1984 |
| |______________________
|
|
|--Alexander Mason KLOOSTER
| (1986 - ....)
| _James Carlton MASON _+
| | (1939 - ....) m 1957
|_Susan Gail MASON _____|
(1962 - ....) m 1984 |
|_Gail GARDINI ________
(1939 - ....) m 1957
_James Reynold KNOTT _+
| (1835 - 1907) m 1857
_Clarence B. KNOTT __|
| (1861 - 1931) m 1893|
| |_Eunice B. TURNER ____
| (1835 - 1930) m 1857
|
|--Edith S. KNOTT
| (1898 - ....)
| ______________________
| |
|_Caroline M. SNOW ___|
(1860 - ....) m 1893|
|______________________
_James Reynold KNOTT _+
| (1835 - 1907) m 1857
_Eustace R. KNOTT ___|
| (1880 - ....) m 1907|
| |_Eunice B. TURNER ____
| (1835 - 1930) m 1857
|
|--Marshall T. KNOTT
| (1912 - ....)
| ______________________
| |
|_Harriet T. COE _____|
(1877 - ....) m 1907|
|______________________
_Isaac LEE Jr._______+
| (1752 - 1828) m 1773
_Thomas LEE _________|
| (1776 - 1840) m 1797|
| |_Abigail GOODRICH ___+
| (1754 - 1811) m 1773
|
|--Minerva LEE
| (1798 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Electa RILEY _______|
(1776 - 1826) m 1797|
|_____________________
_Israel LOOMIS ______+
| (1756 - 1825) m 1785
_William LOOMIS _____|
| (1788 - 1850) m 1813|
| |_Hannah LOOMIS ______+
| (1764 - 1847) m 1785
|
|--Abner Washington LOOMIS
| (1829 - 1904)
| _Thomas MORTON ______
| |
|_Sylvia MORTON ______|
(1790 - 1864) m 1813|
|_Polly UNKNOWN ______
[104]
ABNER LOOMIS, president of the Poudre Valley Bank of Fort Collins, is one
of the pioneers of Colorado who have achieved financial success through
attention to business and determination of will. He was born in
Chautauqua County, N. Y., December 17, 1829, and was next to the
youngest among twelve children, all but one of whom attained maturity
and eight are still living. His father, William, a native of York state
and a member of an old eastern family, settled in Ohio in 1834 and from
there in 1840 went to Iowa, locating near Fairfield, Jefferson County,
where he engaged in farming until his death at sixty-six years. His
wife, who was Sylvia Morton, was born in New York and died in
Birmingham, Iowa.
In the public schools of Iowa the subject of this article obtained
a fair education. He learned gunsmithing in Iowa. In 1850, with a
company from the vicinity of Birmingham, Iowa, he went to California,
going via the Platte with horsetrain, through South Pass, via Fort Hall,
down the Humboldt, and arriving in Sacramento after five months of
travel. For four years he engaged in mining on the Trinity River, after
which he turned his attention to buying and selling cattle, having his
ranch on Belle Creek. In 1859 he returned to Iowa, via Panama and New
York City. It was then the time of the Pike's Peak gold excitement, and
he fell a victim to the prevailing fever. In April, 1860, he again
started across the plains, this time going from Kansas City by stage to
Denver, where he met Antoine Janise, a Frenchman from Cache la Poudre,
who had been here from twelve years of age. He told Mr. Loomis that he
had found gold in the sands of the Cache la Poudre and its tributaries,
and induced him to come here. June 27, 1860, he arrived at the stream,
where he prospected for a month, finding gold in small quantities, but
not enough to pay for the expense of mining. However, he decided that
money might be made here in other ways than mining, and determined to
engage in the stock business. With this object in view, he bought the
ranch at Pleasant Valley that is now owned by Captain Post. Returning to
Omaha, he bought a supply of provisions, etc, and returned via ox-train.
In the spring of 1861 he dug the first ditch ever dug on the Cache la
Poudre (now known as Pleasant Valley ditch) and by the aid of irrigation
raised a small crop. In the fall of 1861 he planted a sack of black
walnuts, brought from the vicinity of Omaha, and it is probable that
this was the introduction of the black walnut into Colorado. The trees
are still growing and have been transplanted to different parts of the
county. In 1862 he raised some potatoes and a fair crop of wheat. He
continued with increasing success until 1867, when he sold the place,
and, settling in Spring Canon, established a cattle ranch, buying
Shorthorns which he crossed with Spanish cows. In 1871 he sold that
place and settled in the new town of Fort Collins. In the spring of 1872
he moved his cattle on Horse Creek, north of Cheyenne, where he had a
ranch, and later took them to Sabile, Wyo., then above Fort Casper, on
the North Platte, in Wyoming, where he kept them several years, finally
selling to Swan Brothers. His next venture was to start a ranch further
north, not far from Sundance, where the Indians were very troublesome.
There he put in ten thousand head of cattle, with Charles Andrews as his
partner in the business. After some years he sold the ranch to the 101
Cattle Company, of which Colonel Babbitt was manager. From that time he
continued stockdealing and feeding in Fort Collins, making a special
feature of sheep feeding. He has owned three different farms here, and
now has a place adjoining Fort Collins, from which he has platted eighty
acres as an addition to the city. His comfortable home stands on
Remington street.
In early days a company was organized for protection from the
Indians. He was a member of this organization and was considered one of
the best trailers in that entire section, being able to track an Indian
as fast as his horse could run. In 1864 he made one trip to Virginia
City, Mont., freighting with a bull-team. In 1861 he had made a trip
with an ox-team to the Missouri River, and in the spring of the next
year made his third trip to the Missouri, while in the fall he again
crossed the plains, with mule-team and spring wagon. During that trip he
was married, in Bethany, Mo., to Jane Isabelle Allen, who was born in
Missouri and died at Excelsior Springs, that state, in October, 1893.
She left five children: Leonidas, a graduate of the State Agricultural
College and now engaged in the stock business near Fort Collins; Lelia,
a graduate of the State Agricultural College, and now the wife of P. H.
Robinson, of Fort Collins; Guy, a merchant in Fort Collins; Effie, wife
of Charles Dwyre, of Fort Collins; and Jasper. All the children have
been given excellent educational advantages in the college in this city.
The present wife of Mr. Loomis was Mrs. Melinda Maxwell, who was born
and reared in Independence, Mo., and came to Colorado in 1873. She is a
member of the Christian Church and a lady of estimable character.
Politically a Democrat, Mr. Loomis was county commissioner for
twelve years and for a number of years served as chairman of the board.
His nomination to this office came unsought by him, but though he did
not seek the position, he filled it with the greatest efficiency. While
in the office he superintended the making of bridges and roads for the
county. He has frequently served as a member of the city council, and
while in that position assisted in the building of the water works.
While ranging in Wyoming he was identified with the Wyoming Cattle
Growers' Association. Before leaving Iowa he was made a Mason, and after
coming to Fort Collins he became a charter member of the blue lodge
here.
The history of the Poudre Valley Bank shows that an institution
that has at its head men of business sagacity and judgment will attain
success. This bank is the outgrowth of the private banking house of
Stover & Sheldon, that began in business here in November, 1878. In 1882
Abner Loomis and Charles B. Andrews purchased an interest in the
concern. In 1877 the bank bought the stock owned by Mr. Andrews. In
February, 1893, the bank was incorporated as a state institution, and a
capital paid in of $100,000. The president is Abner Loomis;
vice-president, James B. Arthur; cashier, Charles H. Sheldon; assistant
cashier, Verner Wolfe, These men, together with C. B. Andrews, W. C.
Stover, N. C.
Alford and James Andrews, form the board of directors. The banking rooms
are located at the corner of Linden and Walnut streets, in a large
three-story brick building owned by Mr. Loomis. Here they have improved
fire proof and burglar proof vaults, so arranged as to afford perfect
security to the contents. Under its wise and conservative managers, the
bank is doing a large and safe business, and has attained a place among
the solid financial institutions of the county.
______________________
|
_Charles Edward LUDWIG _|
| (1920 - 1989) m 1942 |
| |______________________
|
|
|--Theodore Charles LUDWIG
|
| _Dewitt Clinton WARD _+
| | (1896 - 1970) m 1920
|_Louise Udall WARD _____|
(1921 - 1990) m 1942 |
|_Edith BALLOU ________
(1895 - 1951) m 1920
_____________________
|
_John MCKNIGHT ______|
| (1795 - 1851) m 1827|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--John MCKNIGHT
| (1835 - ....)
| _Seth STANLEY _______+
| | (1751 - 1823) m 1774
|_Elizabeth STANLEY __|
(1794 - 1884) m 1827|
|_Ruth CLARK _________+
(1752 - 1796) m 1774
_William Floyd NELSON _
| (.... - 1994) m 1927
_Glen Floyd NELSON ______|
| (1930 - 1987) m 1949 |
| |_Nondis Evelyn DELAP __+
| (1911 - 1994) m 1927
|
|--Helen Evelyn NELSON
| (1958 - ....)
| _______________________
| |
|_Catherine Joyce AXTELL _|
m 1949 |
|_______________________
_Abel NEWELL ________+
| (1730 - 1813) m 1756
_Nathaniel NEWELL ___|
| (1759 - 1833) m 1782|
| |_Abigail SMITH ______+
| (1736 - ....) m 1756
|
|--Lucy NEWELL
| (1788 - ....)
| _William STANLEY ____+
| | (1729 - 1816) m 1756
|_Lucy STANLEY _______|
(1764 - ....) m 1782|
|_Amy BALDWIN ________+
(1735 - 1807) m 1756
__
|
_Thomas NORTON ______|
| (1697 - 1760) m 1724|
| |__
|
|
|--Ruth NORTON
| (1726 - 1811)
| __
| |
|_Elizabeth MASON ____|
(1697 - ....) m 1724|
|__
_John ROOT __________
| (1669 - 1710) m 1690
_Joseph ROOT ________|
| (1693 - 1747) m 1715|
| |_Mary WOODRUFF ______+
| (1669 - 1710) m 1690
|
|--Mary ROOT
| (1722 - ....)
| _Samuel BENTON ______
| |
|_Hannah BENTON ______|
(1688 - 1771) m 1715|
|_Sarah CHATTERTON ___
_____________________
|
_Ashbel SHEPARD _____|
| (1754 - 1826) m 1776|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Abigail SHEPARD
| (1795 - ....)
| _Samuel STANLEY _____+
| | (1731 - 1793) m 1754
|_Joanna STANLEY _____|
(1755 - 1816) m 1776|
|_Joanna GOODMAN _____+
(1734 - 1800) m 1754
_____________________
|
_William SINCLAIR ___|
| (1827 - 1862) m 1852|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Edithe E. SINCLAIR
| (1853 - 1858)
| _Selden CHAPMAN _____
| | (1799 - 1839) m 1820
|_Louisa M. CHAPMAN __|
(1831 - 1867) m 1852|
|_Elizabeth STANLEY __+
(1801 - 1881) m 1820
_____________________
|
_Russell SMITH ______|
| (1774 - ....) m 1798|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Horace SMITH
| (1801 - 1862)
| _Jonathan STANLEY ___+
| | (1734 - 1814) m 1764
|_Abigail STANLEY ____|
(1776 - 1851) m 1798|
|_Jerusha ROBERTS ____+
(1747 - ....) m 1764
_John Bratton STANLEY _+
| (1799 - ....)
_John Calvin STANLEY _|
| (1832 - 1881) |
| |_Sarah PETERSON _______
| (.... - 1838)
|
|--Anna Tracy STANLEY
| (1873 - 1937)
| _______________________
| |
|_Fannie J. ELDER _____|
(1847 - 1937) |
|_______________________
_Timothy STANLEY ____+
| (1706 - 1787) m 1729
_George STANLEY _____|
| (1741 - 1817) m 1764|
| |_Mary MYGATT ________+
| (1708 - 1786) m 1729
|
|--Betsey Porter STANLEY
| (1785 - 1862)
| _____________________
| |
|_Hannah PORTER ______|
(1744 - 1797) m 1764|
|_____________________
_Ashbel STANLEY _____+
| (1769 - 1856) m 1799
_Egbert STANLEY _____|
| (1807 - ....) m 1837|
| |_Sarah GRIGGS _______
| (1777 - 1851) m 1799
|
|--Caroline Moore STANLEY
| (1853 - ....)
| _William TIBBETTS ___
| |
|_Mary H. TIBBETTS ___|
(1818 - ....) m 1837|
|_Rebecca COLE _______
_Sheldon Meredith STANLEY _+
| (1926 - 2007) m 1948
_Timothy Charles STANLEY _|
| (1951 - ....) |
| |_Gayle Ellen ROFF _________
| (1927 - ....) m 1948
|
|--Catherine Elizabeth STANLEY
| (1995 - ....)
| ___________________________
| |
|_Urmilla GOPHAL __________|
(1965 - ....) |
|___________________________
_Thaddeus STANLEY ___+
| (1769 - 1843) m 1791
_Edwin STANLEY ______|
| (1798 - ....) m 1836|
| |_Betsey DOWD ________+
| (1771 - 1816) m 1791
|
|--Mary Richmond STANLEY
| (1843 - ....)
| _Isaac CHICHESTER ___
| |
|_Eliza CHICHESTER ___|
(1815 - ....) m 1836|
|_Eunice WAKELEE _____
_Timothy STANLEY ____+
| (1729 - 1793) m 1750
_Earl STANLEY _______|
| (1752 - ....) m 1773|
| |_Mary BAILEY ________+
| (1726 - 1824) m 1750
|
|--Sibyl STANLEY
| (1778 - ....)
| _Samuel BEACH _______+
| | (1729 - ....) m 1747
|_Lois BEACH _________|
(1749 - ....) m 1773|
|_Rachel STRONG ______
(1729 - ....) m 1747
__
|
_Jonas STANDSBURY ___|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Mary Cecelia STANSBURY
| (1806 - 1892)
| __
| |
|_Catharine RAGUE ____|
|
|__
_Roger WELLES _______
| (1790 - 1859) m 1817
_Edwin WELLES _______|
| |
| |_Electa STANLEY _____+
| (1796 - 1880) m 1817
|
|--Mary R. WELLES
|
| _____________________
| |
|_Lucy L. ROBBINS ____|
|
|_____________________
_John WHITING _______
| (1579 - ....)
_William WHITING ____|
| (1605 - 1647) m 1625|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--William WHITING
| (1631 - 1699)
| _____________________
| |
|_Susanna WIGGINS ____|
(1609 - 1673) m 1625|
|_____________________
_Mathew WOODRUFF ____
| (1612 - 1682) m 1642
_Samuel WOODRUFF ____|
| (1661 - 1742) m 1686|
| |_Hannah UNKNOWN _____
| (1620 - ....) m 1642
|
|--Daniel WOODRUFF
| (1696 - 1785)
| _John CLARK _________
| | (1630 - 1712)
|_Rebecca CLARK ______|
(1662 - 1737) m 1686|
|_Rebecca MARVIN _____
(1639 - 1711)